‘Here’s the thing, though. The Bills are taking the ball away at about the same rate they did last year, with 13 through nine games compared to 25 last year. The difference is, the offense is giving it away so much more. An uptick in interceptions was to be expected after moving on from Tyrod Taylor. His best trait may be how he takes care of the football. The increase, however, has been far too great. The Bills have already thrown 10 more interceptions than they did last season (16 to 6), and we’re just past the halfway point of the year.’

‘The Bills are once again a joke, in the midst of an alleged rebuild that is going worse than anyone could have imagined. If they’re not tanking, then McBeane have simply been downright negligent in building their team, especially on offense. In an era all about passing, the most amazing stat from Sunday’s 41-9 beat down by the Bears was that Nathan Peterman completed 31 passes to players wearing the same jersey – for only 189 yards.’

‘How maddening is this, especially for the Buffalo defense, which continues to fight as hard as it can to keep the Bills in games? The Bills held Chicago to 11 first downs and 190 yards of total offense yet lost by 32 points. If that sounds historic, it is.’

‘But while it could happen as soon as this Sunday’s game at the New York Jets, the coaching staff could play it safe with their prized first-round pick and wait until the Nov. 25 home game against Jacksonville. That would give Allen three weeks more of rehabilitation and three more weeks for the Bills to maybe plug the holes in their leaky offensive line that has only gotten worse since Allen’s elbow injury on Oct. 14 against Houston.’

‘Manuel was Buffalo’s first-round draft pick in 2013, a decision that was clearly ill-fated because the Bills’ deep thinkers at that time – Buddy Nix and Doug Whaley – completely failed in their evaluation of the Florida State product. He was probably a fourth-round talent, similar to Peterman who was a fifth-round pick by the Bills in 2017.’

‘”He threw a couple times over the weekend and then he threw again this morning,” McDermott said. “I thought he had a good day. He threw about 100 balls, which in the course of a practice is about (an) average workload for a normal practice. He has progressed well with our medical staff and will continue to evaluate that moving forward.”‘

‘”Like, I think the Buffalo Bills need to be relegated. I do. I think they should go to the SEC and then I’d put Alabama in the AFC East. I think it’s just… that’s the next step. I got Saban against Belichick twice a year.”‘

‘In Peterman’s defense, while he has lost every game but one that he has played in, so far he has only managed to lose in one country. In 2015, Manuel became the first QB in NFL history to lose in three different countries after getting beaten by the Jaguars in London. He also lost to the Falcons in Canada.’

‘”I don’t feel snake-bitten,” he said. “I never feel like I’m a victim or anything like that. It’s football. It’s life. Things don’t always bounce your way. I mean that ball’s not round, it bounces all different ways. So, you just have to be able to take it how it comes and learn from it.”‘

‘Manuel definitely has a point here. At the very least, the Bills would almost certainly cut down on their interception count if they added Manuel and dumped Peterman. Manuel has only thrown 16 interceptions in 590 career passing attempts (one interception every 36.9 throws) while Peterman has thrown 12 picks in just 130 career passing attempts (or one interception for every 10.8 throws). Basically, Peterman throws interceptions nearly three times as often Manuel.’

‘”I usually never open up about my situation in Buffalo, but the fact that this guy has had multiple games with 4+ interceptions … and I still don’t have a job in the league?” Manuel wrote on his Instagram Sunday. “UNREAL. Say what you want about me, but never have I EVER done that. Forget a learning curve, I didn’t get the luxury of being able to use that as an excuse. I wonder why.”‘

‘I would really like to have a way to wrap this up into some kind of meaningful statement about the direction the Bills are going but I really don’t know how. Maybe that’s because I’m as terrible at this as the Bills are at playing offense, or maybe it’s because what we’re all watching on these Sundays really is utterly meaningless. The Bills prized possession, seventh overall pick quarterback Josh Allen is hurt. In the meantime, whether it’s Derek Anderson, Peterman or Matt Barkley playing quarterback, the results and how they perform mean nothing.’

‘ He has begun to throw as part of his rehab more so than anything. He threw a couple times over the weekend, and then he threw again this morning. I thought he had a good day. Threw about 100 balls which, in the course of a practice, is about average workload for a normal practice. He has progressed well with our medical staff and we will continue to evaluate that moving forward. I’ve had a chance to spend some time with Josh over this last couple days in particular, just meeting with him and working with him in his development.’

‘Allen did resume throwing over the weekend. McDermott said Allen threw a couple times over the weekend and again Monday morning. Each session involved about 100 throws, which McDermott called an average practice workload.’

‘“He has begun to throw as part of his rehab more so than anything. He threw a couple of times over the weekend,” said McDermott. “He threw again Monday morning. I thought he had a good day. He threw about 100 balls, which in the course of a practice is an average workload. He has progressed well with our medical staff and we’ll continue to evaluate that moving forward.”’

‘McKenzie (5-7, 175) is a former fifth-round pick of the Denver Broncos in 2017. He was on the team’s practice squad this past September and got a call up to the active roster on Oct. 25th, but was released by the club last Friday.’

‘“He has learned quite a bit, I’d say, from Derek, just in the few weeks Derek’s been here,” Daboll said. “In terms of his preparation and, some of the things, the way D.A. sees the game. You’re always in constant communication with your quarterbacks.’